The fourth one was the one that really got me... :)

On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, TimeRunner wrote:

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	That stupid jerk what does he mean do I always have to be angry of course
I don't have to be it's just that he's so damn stupid that I can't help but
be mad at him besides what's so great about him anyway so he's good at
martial arts big deal just because he can beat me at it doesn't mean he can
just go prancing around insulting me like some big immature child who can't
see things my way damn it stand still so I can hit you already ---

	"Well, that's too bad, because you're really cute when you smile."

	--- and besides he... what?

This was really great. Akane's just barreling along, her thoughts going
full blast, when suddenly she's derailed (quite literally :) by Ranma's
comment... it was just perfect. I loved it. :)

	I...
	He..
	I mean...
	He...
	What I mean to say is....
	That is I...
	He doesn't really mean...
	Does he?

	"Gotcha."

In my opinion, though, it should have stopped at this point. The rest of
it kind of drew it out a bit... brevity is the soul of wit, y'know. >;) In
my opinion, the "poignency" (sic) was taken out by the last paragraph.
 

	What? Wh...What? Wh --- Why that jerk! He was kidding me all along I can't
believe he'd stoop so low just to get the edge over me I swear he's such a
lowdown dirty rotten stupid stupid stupid...
	Did he really mean it? Do you suppose?

Again, though... I loved it! :) Kudos for you-dos!

"Common Sense is what tells you that the Earth is flat."
Adam Conover
dconover@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~dconover/main.html
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